The Adventures of Quentin Durward
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| The Adventures of Quentin Durward | |
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 Poster for Quentin Durward |
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| Directed by | Richard Thorpe |
| Produced by | Pandro S. Berman |
| Written by | Sir Walter Scott(novel) Robert Ardrey George Froeschel |
| Starring | Robert Taylor Kay Kendall Robert Morley George Cole Alec Clunes Duncan Lamont Laya Raki |
| Music by | Bronislau Kaper |
| Cinematography | Christopher Challis |
| Editing by | Ernest Walter |
| Distributed by | MGM |
| Release date(s) | 1955 |
| Running time | 101 min |
| Language | English |
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The Adventures of Quentin Durward, known also as Quentin Durward, is a 1955 historical film made by MGM. It was directed by Richard Thorpe and produced by Pandro S. Berman. The screenplay was by Robert Ardrey, adaptated by George Froeschel, from the novel Quentin Durward by Sir Walter Scott.
The film was the third in an unofficial trilogy made by the same director and producer and starring Robert Taylor. The first two were Ivanhoe (1952) and Knights of the Round Table (1953). All three were made at MGM's British Studios at Elstree, near London. The film had the distinction of a soundtrack composed by studio music mainstay Bronislau Kaper rather than Miklos Rozsa, who was busy on other projects at the time the film was ready for scoring.
The film was the first big-budget film for the English comedian Kay Kendall, and it featured a large contingent of distinguished British players, including Robert Morley, George Cole, Alec Clunes, Duncan Lamont, Marius Goring, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Eric Pohlmann, Harcourt Williams, Michael Goodliffe, Nicholas Hannen, Moultrie Kelsall and Ernest Thesiger.
